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Sam Shee (wife of Chan Sun Sang)
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- 陳岑仕
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- Mrs. Sam Shee
- Mrs. Sun Sang Chan
- Chan Sam Shee
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1896–1977
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Sam Shee was born in Canton, China, in 1896. She was brought to Canada and arrived in Victoria, BC on July 1, 1914, at the age of 18 years. She was arranged to marry a Canadian-born Chinese, CHAN Sun Sang, on July 4, 1914, a man she had never met before. Upon marriage, she became known as Chan Sam Shee.
She had two children with CHAN Sun Sang: Leslie Shue Hong Chan and Diamond Yee Jing Chan Quong. Within three years of arriving in Canada, her husband died.
She spoke no English but made money by becoming a seamstress. And although she never remarried, she raised and provided for her two children and bought a house in Vancouver in the 1940s. She lived with her son, Leslie, until she passed.
Chan Sam Shee passed away in New Westminster, BC on August 22, 1977. She was 81 years old.
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